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Help Fight Global Warming - Be a Green Shopper!

Recycle

Global warming is melting the polar ice caps, robbing polar bears of the ice floes they need to hunt prey. As the annual sea ice melts, polar bears are forced ashore to spend their summers fasting. If the Arctic ice cap continues to melt sooner and form later, polar bears will become too thin to reproduce and they will become extinct by the end of this century.

Help fight global warming by making wise shopping decisions.

Ensure all elements of the product including core, cartons and packaging are recyclable.

Make sure all elements of the product, including packaging, are manufactured from 100% recycled paper and/or mostly post-consumer material.

How Long Til It’s Gone?
Time it takes for debris to decompose in the environment.

Glass bottle  1 Million years
Fishing line    600 years
Plastic Bottle   450 years
Disposable Diapers 450 years
Aluminum Can  80-200 years
Rubber boot sole  50-80 years
Foamed plastic cup  50 years
Tin Can    50 years
Leather    50 years
Nylon Fabric  30-40 years
Plastic Film canister 20-30 years
Plastic Bag   10-20 years
Cigarette filter   1-5 years
Wool sock    1-5 years
Plywood    1-3 years
Waxed Milk Carton  3 months
Apple Core   2 months
Newspaper  6 weeks
Banana peel 2-5 weeks
Paper Towel  2-4 weeks

Information adapted from the U.S. National Park Service